Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, seen here in a 2009 photo, is in solitary confinement at Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/www.muslm.net)

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After more than a decade in American custody, confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed appears to have had second thoughts about the use of violence. The former al-Qaeda propaganda chief suggests Islam should not be spread by violence in a rambling manifesto viewed by Channel 4 News. He also blasts Western society, the US military, and quotes from Richard Nixon and George W. Bush as well as the Koran. He says two further installments of the manifesto will explain the 9/11 attacks and reveal "the truth about the so-called war on terror."

The Koran "forbids us to use force as a means of converting" others, and "truth and reality never comes by muscles and force but by using the mind and wisdom," writes Mohammed, who is being kept in solitary confinement at Guantanamo Bay. How sincere is he? The manifesto suggest that he either believes he can convert American readers, or is "playing a mind game to attract publicity, feign mental illness, or spare himself the death penalty if convicted in the 2001 attacks," decides the Los Angeles Times.

Don't these people ever bathe or change their clothing? They all look like Skid Row inhabitants. This filthy-looking mess should never have been released, and he and the rest still in captivity should be hung. They will never reform or become civilized.

vlad

Jan 15, 2014 12:42 PM CST

The Koran "forbids us to use force as a means of converting" others, and "truth and reality never comes by muscles and force but by using the mind and wisdom," calling bullshit on that ! I`ve read the koran ! and yes muhammad told them to use force if necessary to force conversion !

Murahu

Jan 15, 2014 12:19 PM CST

The mastermind of a conspiracy that results in killing thousands should have been executed years ago, if the US believed in justice. Muslims believe in violence to spread their fanatical views. They should be opposed - no concessions about sharia law, no concessions about pretending that theirs is a "peaceful" religion. And when they kill, we should execute them.